Statement from Katherine Franke, January 10, 2025 For the last year and a half, as students at Columbia University and across the globe have protested […]
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The World’s Nod to Taliban Misogyny
By Tarique Niazi | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The United Nations recently hosted a third round of talks on Afghanistan in […]
Record Israeli Land Grab fuels already soaring Tension in the West Bank
By Serag El Hegazi, University of Bradford | – (The Conversation) – Israel has reportedly approved its largest seizure of land in the occupied West […]
Biden’s $270 mn Gaza Aid Pier to be Mothballed, but “Famine has spread across the Entire Gaza Strip”
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Navy Times reports that the US aid pier at Gaza will be permanently decommissioned. The $270 million pier could […]
Extreme Heat Waves Broiling the US in 2024 aren’t Normal: How Climate Change is Heating up the World
By Mathew Barlow, UMass Lowell and Jeffrey Basara, UMass Lowell | – (The Conversation) – Less than a month into summer 2024, the vast majority […]
Who Thinks Donald Trump is Racist? Other Racists, that’s Who
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Former president Donald Trump often finds himself on the defensive against accusations of racism. He regularly denies the charges, distorting his […]
The Great Soccer Massacre: Israeli Air Force Kills 29 Refugees as it tries to get at one Militant
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Turkish news service TRT reports from wire services that an Israeli air strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in […]
Iran’s new Reformist President offers Hope to the West and Cover for the Conservative Establishment
By Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, SOAS, University of London | – (The Conversation) – Good news for democracy in Iran – words which in recent times, particularly […]
Judgment Day for America’s Worst Supreme Court Justice
( Tomdispatch.com ) – At least I had the courage to do the deed myself. That counts for something here on the other side of […]
The French showed us how to Fight SCOTUS’s Immunization of Trump for 2nd-Term Despotism
Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The MAGA Supreme Court created a lawless presidency with their opinion on Trump immunity last week. In doing […]